Twitter removes Trump image in tweet for violating copyright policy
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Twitter has removed an image tweeted by President Donald Trump for violating the firm’s copyright coverage.
Trump’s tweet confirmed a picture taken by Damon Winter season for the New York Times in 2015. But the president experienced turned it into a meme with the phrases: “In reality they’re not soon after me they’re just after you.”
It finishes off with: “I am just in the way” at the bottom.
The tweet now just displays a “media not exhibited” see just after Twitter eradicated the picture.
“Per our copyright policy, we reply to legitimate copyright grievances despatched to us by a copyright proprietor or their licensed associates,” a Twitter spokesperson advised CNBC.
“Twitter responds to copyright complaints submitted under the Electronic Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”),” the firm’s copyright policy says.
The New York Moments submitted the takedown notice, a firm’s spokesperson reported.
Twitter has been cracking down on Trump’s tweets that violates its policies.
Previous month, the president posted a viral doctored video of two young children. Twitter slapped it with a “manipulated media” tag and the online video was ultimately taken out just after a copyright declare from one of the child’s moms and dads.
